Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@BAMozzy hey 33 isn't that young you know, i can already feel those aches and pains in the joints

@RogerRoger This was the biggest struggle I had with the new trilogy in that I knew I'd never get to see Kyle Katarn or Mara Jade etc as fully fledged film characters, or Luke's academy as I got to enjoy it in the books and games. It felt like the next natural step for me but I guess an evil empire with a planet destroying weapon is better tried and tested plot device. shrugs

@Kidfried Happy Birthday for last week!

I turn 28 next month. Actually having a party for the first time in forever which is a nice feeling.

@Kidfried Happy (belated) Birthday

@Ayeffen i can't remember the last time i had a birthday party, i was either working or busy

Ten years ago, 28 seemed like an eternity away, now I'm getting awfully close

28 seems like a lifetime ago - My youngest wasn't born and now he is just a year away from being an 'Adult'...

It does explain why a lot of gamers complain about loading times (having never used cassettes - if they even know what cassettes are). I can still remember one of my kids asking how one of my 'vinyl' records would fit in the CD player....

@BAMozzy i remember games coming on cassettes, we had a Commodore 64 with a tape deck when i was young, things took an age to load

@FullbringIchigo if they loaded at all. Part of the fun was hoping it didn't crash on 98%.

@kyleforrester87 yeah and sometimes you would even hold your hands a prey

Watching the loading screen be drawn line by line and then be corrupted in the last few lines... Changing games back then was a 10minute + job too.

Yeah don't miss the loading times ye old cassette tapes, or the sound.

@JohnnyShoulder how can you NOT miss this, you nutter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HfO8Y9R1czk

@kyleforrester87 ahh childhood memories

@kyleforrester87 That is pretty good to be fair!

I was more on about these lovely sounds though! https://youtu.be/P0fvkx_dEUc

@JohnnyShoulder wow yeah that's like bad dial up.

Mayhem in Monster land must have been the most technically advanced C64 game. Looked and sounded better than a lot of Master System games to be fair!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vADKoSDqhdk

@kyleforrester87 Hmmmm, not sure if I remember that as I might be getting mixed up with the Wonderboy games on the Master System.

Thanks for the nostalgia trip, I enjoyed watching clips of Operation Wolf, R-TYPE, Batman, etc.

@Kidfried Thanks for asking, my friend. Appreciate the concern. The bottom fell out from under me a little bit the last couple weeks. I apologize. I did ask you about your Y0 impressions on the other thread but then knew I was going to be out of commission for a while so I deleted it until I could get my focus back. Sounds like a good game and I should get to it soon hopefully.
But the real world boss battles have been fierce. Don’t worry, nothing life threatening or anything, just lots of stress and such. And really it’s nothing major — typical life garbage that we all have, I’m sure. You know, first world problems. But I didn’t want to be melodramatic so I have been a little bit on hiatus.
When life gets crazy, I usually rely on gaming to de-stress. But sometimes real life overshadows and pulls us into a place whereby all attention goes to survival in the more real sense. As an example, I noticed while playing Bloodborne, that my heart races and pounds, my breathing becomes rapid and shallow, and I get that “fight or flight” adrenaline surge when I’m playing, especially when fighting a boss. It’s a rush and when you succeed it feels great, kinda like riding a roller coaster or rock climbing or something. But when your body is already in fight or flight mode, it’s not appealing, if that makes sense. And I find that sometimes it’s hard to concentrate while gaming when you’ve got a lot on your mind. ...Anyways, it’s all good and I hope to slay these last couple real life bosses and clear out my real life backlog a little the next couple weeks and return to some semblance of normalcy.

When you want something done right, do it yourself.

People in my Discord community joined for another tournament. I left it to my staff of 5 (FIVE PEOPLE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!) to sort things out while I get my site established, all the integrations, adapt to my new life with it's current hurdles, and for weeks this Splatoon tournament was pushed back again and again, they grilled people for appropriate dates but nothing ever happened and one of the staff noted people that were leaving, albeit slowly.

So in steps me and within an hour there are tweets on the official account, an article on my site, an announcement in the Discord and sign up channels ready for not just a Splatoon tournament but a Mario Kart one two weeks later, with tournaments scheduled for every fortnight.

It took me one hour!

Never let a group of people do your job. Swear to God I have to put my foot down more.

@Th3solution Good to have ya back buddy, hope to hear about your continuing journey in Yharnam soon.

They gave us all free Domino’s pizza for lunch at work. Praise the sun!